NEW DELHI (INDIA): Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) has emerged as the leader in creating the maximum number of jobs during the fourth quarter of the last fiscal, generating over 2.6 laks new jobs while a total of 8.5 lakh jobs were created in eight major cities, an ASSOCHAM study has found.
Cornering over one-fourth share of the total number of new jobs generated across India, Delhi-NCR emerged on top with over 2.6 lakh new jobs created during January to March 2016 followed by Bangalore (1.9 lakh), Mumbai (1.5 Lakh), Chennai (82.2 thousand) and Hyderabad ( 60 thousand). About 88.9 percent of job openings have been recorded in these top five cities, ASSOCHAM placement study.
Among top metro cities, Delhi-NCR had maximum share of over 30.1 per cent in job creation while Bangalore witnessed a 23.4 per cent contribution in job creation followed by Mumbai with 18.6 per cent,” said Mr. D S Rawat, Secretary General ASSOCHAM while releasing the study.
Other major cities that have recorded significant job openings during January to March 2016 are Pune (49.2 thousand), Kolkata (25.2 thousand) and Ahmedabad (20.5 thousand), highlighted the study.
Information technology (IT), IT-enabled services (ITeS) and IT hardware sector together accounted for a majority share of about 60.6 per cent in the total number of new jobs generated across sectors during January – March 2016, while services has ranked second with 17.6 percent share followed by manufacturing (9.4 percent), banking, financial services & insurance (7.6 percent) and construction & real estate (3.2 percent) in total employment generation in July, says the chamber study.
A total of over 8,50,000 lakhs new jobs were generated across India during the last quarter of 2016, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) said in a release.
However, banking, construction, financial services, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), human resources (HR), manufacturing, advertising, event management, real estate, retail and telecom are the other sectors which created job creation during 2016.
In Delhi-NCR, out of the total job openings about 61.1 percent of job openings are recorded from ITEs followed by services (18.5), manufacturing (8.4 percent), banking financial services & insurance (7.2 percent) and construction & real estate (3.1 percent) of all the new jobs generated.
Sector wise Job Openings
Banking Financial Services and Insurance
Manufacturing
ITEs
Construction and Real Estate
Services
Others
Total
Mumbai
16049
15380
87227
6228
30882
2788
158554
Bangalore
12668
17150
125990
5208
35201
2928
199145
Delhi & NCR
18585
21568
157072
8016
47432
4253
256926
Chennai
6067
9738
50619
2417
12150
1266
82257
Hyderabad
3729
5849
38468
1489
9995
925
60455
Kolkata
2160
3106
13485
1310
4741
449
25251
Ahmadabad
1712
2911
11212
776
3554
376
20541
Pune
3587
4547
32174
1956
6390
553
49207
Total
64557
80249
516247
27400
150345
13538
852336
City wise share in Job Openings
Banking Financial Services and Insurance
Manufacturing
ITEs
Construction and Real Estate
Services
Others
Total
Mumbai
24.9
19.2
16.9
22.7
20.5
20.6
18.6
Banglore
19.6
21.4
24.4
19.0
23.4
21.6
23.4
Delhi
28.8
26.9
30.4
29.3
31.5
31.4
30.1
Chennai
9.4
12.1
9.8
8.8
8.1
9.4
9.7
Hyderabad
5.8
7.3
7.5
5.4
6.6
6.8
7.1
Kolkata
3.3
3.9
2.6
4.8
3.2
3.3
3.0
Ahmadabad
2.7
3.6
2.2
2.8
2.4
2.8
2.4
Pune
5.6
5.7
6.2
7.1
4.3
4.1
5.8
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
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